The Ancient Parish of CRATHORNE

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]

"CRATHORNE, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Langbargh; 4 miles SSE. of
Yarm. The church, which is dedicated to All Saints (see Churches for photograph), is an ancient plain
structure; Patron, the Hon. Mrs Cockayne. In the chancel is an effigy of
a knight cumbent in armour
cross-legged, with the arms of Crathorne on his shield. This, it is
conjectured, is the monument of Sir William Crathorne, Knight, who lived A. D.
1322, near which is a mural monument, to the memory of Ralph Crathorne, Lord
of Crathorne. The living is a rectory, in the patronage of Lord Viscount
Cullen. Here is likewise a Catholic chapel, and a place of worship for the
Primitive Methodists. A mineral spring has been discovered about half a mile
from this place. The village consists of about sixty-six houses pleasantly
situated on the banks of the river Leven. Pop. 330.

It is the seat of George Crathorne, Esq. lineally descended from a
family that have been resident here ever since the conquest, and bore as a
crest, a Crake or Crow. -Graves."